[wp-testers] release/svn question

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> _____/ On Thu 29 Dec 2005 04:25:14 GMT, [John Joseph Bachir] wrote : \_____
>
>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>> 
>>> Now that 2.0 is out, I want to quit tracking the svn "head" and stick with 
>>> the release. I'm only familiar with cvs, and cvs-ish policies. Most 
>>> projects I've been on tag releases. Some branch the release and only 
>>> commit critical fixes to the branch, allowing you to stay "current" with 
>>> only what's required.
>>> 
>>> I'm having a hard time getting my head to work the svn way, and I'm also 
>>> unsure of how wordpress release policy. Is there a way to do this?
>> 
>> svn does not have true tags, but there is a convention that allows for the 
>> same functionality, with perhaps some added nicities.
>> 
>> to get a given tag, you checkout or export .../.../tags/<tagnumber>
>> 
>> so to get wordpress 2.0 from the repository, you do
>>
>>   svn export http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.0
>> 
>> Does that answer your question?
>> 
>> John
>
> You can keep your installation up-to-date with neither SVN nor CVS:
>
> http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-testers/2005-December/001444.html
>
> It has the merit that it can run automatically on the server. The price to 
> pay
> is bandwidth.

Actually, my problem isn't with subversion, my problem is that I want to
track a release branch and not the experimental "HEAD." The more I think
about it, the more I think there really isn't a release branch, is
there?

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